She won two coveted trophies at last night’s 2014 People’s Choice Awards, however Demi Lovato wasn’t in the house to accept the hardware.

And when the “Skyscraper” songstress began receiving criticism for skipping the event, she immediately took to her Twitter account to clear things up.

Demi (who scored the Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Music Fan Following awards) began,

“Damn… Just hopped online to check twitter and some ‘fans’ are being really mean :(”

She continued, “I’m not at the PCA’s because as I have stated before, I’m taking as much time off this month as possible. I haven’t taken a substantial amount of time off in a long time and now I am. Thank you for those who voted and understand why I am away.”